Journal-box.



No. 688,342. Patented Dec. l7, l90l.

.: FREY JOURNAL BOX.

(Application filed Feb. 2. 1901.)

(No Mudel.)

UNITED Ferns aren't Utmost JACOB FREY, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO;

JOURNALWOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 688,842, dated December17, 196i. Application filed February 2, 1901. Serial No. 45,746. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AOOB FREY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Journal-Boxes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to axle or journal boxes, and more especially tosuch boxes for use in connection with railway-cars; and the object ofthe invention is to provide a lock or guard for the bearings Which issimple in construction, yet effective and durable.

Having thus stated the object of my invention, I will now proceed todescribe the same in detail, also the best mode in which I havecontemplated applying my invention to a journal-box, and then willparticularly point out and distinctly claim the part, improvement, orcombination which I claim as my invention.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is anelevation of my device in position in a journal-box, the cover of saidbox being broken away. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing my device in amodified form of box. Fig. 3 is an elevation view of the preferred formof my invention. Fig. 4. is a vertical cross-section of my invention,taken in the plane of line 0: 00, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is atop view of thebody.

This improved bearing-protector comprises in the preferred form thereofherein shown and described a suitable body 1 of any desired shape,(shown as triangular in the drawings,) having the central portion of itsupper surface enlarged, as at 2, and having one of its outer edges bentdownward to form a guard 3 for the head 10 of a bolt 4 to prevent anyone from cutting the head of the bolt ofi.- The bolt 4: passes throughan opening in the enlarged portion of the bod yl and then. through anopening in the journal-box 5 and is securely held in position by nuts 6and 7. Af-

ter the nuts have been screwed home I swage the upper end of the bolt,thus preventing the removal of my device from the journalbox. To make mydevice more effective, I provide the bolt 4. with a rounded head 10 anda swiveled support in the journal-box, so that when one attempts toloosen the nuts the bolt will turn or act as a swivel.

I have shown in Figs. 1 and 2 my device applied to a journal-box, and itis obvious that the hearings or brasses (designated by the numeral 8)and the wedge 9 are well protected against removal.

In the form of journal-box shown in Fig. 2 the bearing-protector isshown attached to the side thereof.

The operation in securing my invention in place is as follows: The bolt4 is inserted through the enlarged portion of the triangu lar-shapedbody-piece l and then through an aperture in the casing 5. Then the boltis held by a wrench or the hand placed above the top of the journal-boxand as far from the end of the bolt as is possible to hold the bolt soas to keep it from turning. A nut is then placed on the end of the boltand screwed down to the Wrench or hand, which is then removed and placedabove the nut, which is then screwed down as far as possible, so as tobear upon the axle-box. It will readily be seen that after the first nuthas been screwed home the bolt will be held tight enough for thescrewing down of the nut 7, so that the operation necessary fortightening the nut in the first instance may be omitted in the case ofthe second one. After the nuts have been placed in position the end ofthe bolt is swaged.

To remove my device from the journal-box, the nuts 6 and 7 must besplit.

I claim- 1. The combination, with a journal-box; of a bearing-protectorcomprising a skeleton body in the box having a central bolt-opening inthe top thereof, and formedwith an inwardly-projecting guard located infront of the body.

2. A bearing-protector for journal-boxes comprising a body of triangularshape having a central bolt-opening in the top thereof, and with aninwardly-projecting guard located in front of the body.

3. A bearing-protector for journal-boxes comprising a body of triangularshape, formed with an enlargement at the top having a centralbolt-opening therein, and with an inwardly-projecting guard located infront of the body.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB FREY.

